Image forming apparatus and developing agent cartridge

摘要

An image forming apparatus may include a casing, and a plurality of image carriers arranged in parallel along one direction in the casing and formed with an electrostatic latent image. The apparatus can further include a plurality of developing agent carriers opposed to the image carriers, for visualizing the electrostatic latent image by feeding a developing agent to the image carriers, and a plurality of developing agent cartridges, arranged in parallel in the one direction to be opposed to the developing agent carriers in the longitudinal direction of the developing agent carriers, and configured to be together attachable/detachable to/from the casing along the one direction, for accommodating the developing agent fed to the developing agent carriers.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of photosensitive drums arranged in a first direction, each of the plurality of photosensitive drums being configured to have an image formed thereon and to rotate about an axis extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a plurality of developing rollers, each of which being configured to feed developing agent to a corresponding one of the plurality of photosensitive drums; a plurality of feed rollers, each of which being configured to feed developing agent to a corresponding one of the plurality of developing rollers; an endless belt extending above the plurality of developing rollers in the first direction; a developing agent conveyor configured to convey the developing agent in the second direction; and a plurality of cartridges, each of which accommodating the developing agent and being detachably attached to a frame of the image forming apparatus, wherein the developing agent conveyor is disposed below the endless belt, wherein each of the plurality of cartridges overlaps with the endless belt when viewed from the second direction, and wherein the developing agent conveyor extends in the second direction by a distance from one end to another end in the second direction of one of the developing rollers at a position that is above one of the feed rollers and below the endless belt.